In this photo released by united nations high commissioner for refugees(UNHCR), UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, right, visits Ibtissam and her family, Iraqi refugees living in Damascus, Syria, Friday Oct, 2, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

In this photo released by united nations high commissioner for refugees(UNHCR), UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, right, visits Ibtissam and her family, Iraqi refugees living in Damascus, Syria, Friday Oct, 2, 2009.

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  1. JARAMANA, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (R) checks the living conditions of an Iraqi refugee family living in a suburb on October 2, 2009 in Jaramana, near Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
  2. JARAMANA, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (R) checks the living conditions of an Iraqi refugee family living in a suburb on October 2, 2009 in Jaramana, near Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
  3. JARAMANA, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (R) visits an Iraqi refugee family living in a suburb on October 2, 2009 in Jaramana, near Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
  4. DAMASCUS, SYRIA - OCTOBER 02: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador actress Angelina Jolie (L) listens carefully as an Iraqi refugee living in Damascus, Syria shares her traumatic experience in Iraq on October 2, 2009 in Damascus, Syria. Jolie, traveling with partner Brad Pitt, last visited Damascus in 2007.
  5. Hollywood actor Brad Pitt walks with his wife, actress Angelina Jolie, in the Damascus Souk, or market, during a brief visit to Syria on October 2, 2009.
  6. Hollywood actor Brad Pitt (C) walks with his wife, actress Angelina Jolie (L), at al-Bzouria Souk in Damascus' old downtown, during a visit to Syria October 2, 2009.
  7. In this photo released by united nations high commissioner for refugees(UNHCR), Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, listens carefully to Hoda as she shares her terrible experience in Iraq, during a visit to her place in Jaramana, a suburb in southern Damascus, Syria on Friday October 02, 2009.
  8. In this photo released by united nations high commissioner for refugees(UNHCR), UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, right, visits Ibtissam and her family, Iraqi refugees living in Damascus, Syria, Friday Oct, 2, 2009.
  9. In this photo released by united nations high commissioner for refugees(UNHCR), Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, left, listens carefully to Hoda as she shares her terrible experience in Iraq, during a visit to her house in Damascus, Syria, Friday Oct. 2, 2009.
  10. Angelina Jolie, right, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, meets with Iraqi refugees in Damascus, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. It was the Academy Award-winning actress' second visit to Syria in two years. The actress has worked with UNHCR since early 2001.
  11. Angelina Jolie, right, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, and her partner Brad Pitt, left, in downtown Damascus, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. It was the Academy Award-winning actress' second visit to Syria in two years. On Friday, she visited Damascus' poorest suburbs where she was welcomed by two Iraqi families. The actress has worked with UNHCR since early 2001.
  12. Angelina Jolie, left, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, meets with Iraqi refugees in Damascus, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. It was the Academy Award-winning actress' second visit to Syria in two years. The actress has worked with UNHCR since early 2001.
  13. Angelina Jolie, center, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, meets with Iraqi refugees in Damascus, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. It was the Academy Award-winning actress' second visit to Syria in two years. The actress has worked with UNHCR since early 2001.
  14. Angelina Jolie, goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, visits a Damascus' suburb where she was welcomed by two Iraqi families, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. It was the Academy Award-winning actress' second visit to Syria in two years. The actress has worked with UNHCR since early 2001.
  15. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie meets Somali refugees in Dadaab, northeast Kenya, September 12, 2009.
  16. A visitor walks past the wax models of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie main entrance of the Louis Toussaud's Waxworks in Pattaya on November 13, 2009. Tussaud's Waxworks, a US based international wax museum has established its fifth worlwide branch with the opening of this branch in Thailand.

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